Patent · US Expired

Contact block for a chip card reader

US6419525B1 · kind B1 · utility

2Cited by

9References

28Claims

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Assignee

AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Michael Heim · Holzgerlingen, DE
Manfred Reichardt · Weinsberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2000
Grant date	Jul 16, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K7/0021
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In accordance with the invention, a contact block having a contact carrier of a chip card reader and contact elements is provided. The contact elements each have contact sections and terminal sections as well as intermediate sections extending between the contact sections and the terminal sections. The intermediate sections are surrounded by the contact carrier and are formed as stiffeners for the contact carrier.

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